Defendants win summary judgment in Okla. take-home asbestos exposure case

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OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – An Oklahoma federal judge has granted summary judgment for three defendants in a take-home asbestos exposure case, concluding two box manufacturing companies and a boiler manufacturer did not owe a duty of care to a former plant supervisor’s wife.

In a series of three orders, Judge Timothy D. DeGiusti delivered the opinions on July 30 and Aug. 1 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in favor of defendants International Paper Company, Cleaver-Brooks, MeadWestvaco Corporation and MW Custom Papers, LLC – Mead Corporation was its predecessor.

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